Example sentences of "[prep] it [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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31 At it each speaker emphasised this fundamental point .
32 You may set that as a target to try and work at it this way to overcome that or to do it better .
33 He fires at it three times to try and open it , but without success .
34 On the hills that crowded close around it black forest stretched up towards the skyline .
35 Beneath and down-wind of the ash cloud there is a steady rain of fine ash particles , sometimes falling so thickly that a dark curtain appears to be hanging beneath the cloud , while in and around it electrical storms rage , with lightning flickering frequently , so that the whole effect is much more dramatic than even the most ominous of thunderclouds .
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